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Grid Mod: Dialing in Hydroelectric Generators' Responses to Market Signals
How do you reduce error between scheduled hydro-generation and the actual power produced? BPA's answer: Form a tight partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and evaluate existing systems and processes for areas of improvement.For years BPA, USACE and the Bureau of Reclamation have dealt with varying levels of Station Control Error (SCE) on the non-big 10 federal projects. The non-big 10 ...
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EIA`s new energy visualization widget embeds interactive charts and maps on any website
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released a new widget that allows internet users to display interactive visualizations of current energy data from EIA on their own websites. The widget pulls user-selected data from EIA's application programming interface (API) to create maps, line charts, pie charts, and bar graphs. The interactive visualizations are configured to always ...
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Energy Department Accepting Applications for a $3.6 Million Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
The Energy Department today announced an incentive program for developers adding hydroelectric power generating capabilities to existing non-powered dams throughout the United States. Hydropower is the nation's leading source of renewable energy and helps the country avoid over 200 million metric tons of carbon emissions each year, while providing about 7% of our electricity. More than 80,000 ...
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Protecting the Cahora Bassa Hydropower Plant
Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) is Mozambique’s pre-eminent hydropower generation company, and it is a major contributor to the country’s socio-economic growth and development. Its main focus is in extending the electricity potential of the Cahora Bassa dam – Africa’s fourth-largest artificial lake. Located in the Tete Province of Mozambique, the lake started ...
By Ecocoast
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New Data Indicates California Remains Ahead of Clean Electricity Goals
Data from the California Energy Commission (CEC) shows that 59 percent of the state's electricity came from renewable and zero-carbon sources in 2020. The CEC estimates that in 2020, 34.5 percent of the state's retail electricity sales were served by Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible sources such as solar and wind. When sources of zero-carbon energy such as large hydroelectric ...
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Green mountain power chief addresses national regulators conference
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power, Mary Powell, today addressed the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) about the benefits of large hydroelectric generation in a carbon constrained world. Ms. Powell told the commissioners that the Vermont Legislature this year was the first in the country to designate large hydro as a renewable ...
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Thailand announces plans of 2.7GW of floating solar
The state-run utility, ERAT, has announced plans of 2.7GW of floating solar. The plan includes 16 locations, all of which are dams, so they can improve hydroelectric production along with solar generation. ...
By D3Energy
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HVDC Electricity Transmission Technology Revenue Will Total Nearly $57 Billion from 2013 to 2020
Since the advent of the electricity grid, most grids have been built using alternating current (AC) transmission systems. Today, however, driven by growth in electricity demand, transmission system congestion, and grid instability, adoption of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission is growing on a worldwide basis. Interest in innovative voltage-source converters (VSCs) has taken off, and ...
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Harnessing wave power with new `oyster` machine
A giant new machine called' Oyster' designed to harness the power of ocean waves and turn it into ‘green' electricity is being installed on the seabed off the Atlantic shores of the Orkney Islands. In autumn 2009 it will undergo demonstration trials to prove whether its innovative technology could lead to a commercial source of renewable energy for use in seashores around the world. In contrast ...
By ScienceDaily
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Duke Energy Carolinas Issues Request for Proposals for Capacity and Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas today is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase up to 1,500 megawatts of intermediate and/or peaking electricity generation (capacity and energy) in the 2015 to 2017 timeframe. The company has a diverse and long-term sustainable strategy to ensure it can deliver on its commitment to customers to provide affordable, reliable and clean electricity today and for ...
By Duke Energy
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Tacoma Public Utilities Adopts OSI Technology for an Advanced Energy Management System
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been selected by Tacoma Public Utilities (mytpu.org) to supply a state-of-the-art Energy Management System (EMS) based on OSI's monarch (Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture) platform. This will replace Tacoma's legacy ABB system. A publicly owned utility, Tacoma Power provides electricity to Tacoma, Washington and the surrounding areas, serving ...
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NextEra Energy Resources completes sale of hydro generating assets to a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, L.P.
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE), today announced that one of its subsidiaries has completed the sale of all of its equity interests in White Pine Hydro Investments, LLC, which indirectly owns 351 megawatts (MW) of hydro generation related assets in Maine and New Hampshire through FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC (Maine Hydro). ...
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Duke Energy Carolinas Issues a Request for Proposals for Wind Generation
Duke Energy Carolinas is issuing a request for proposals for energy and renewable energy certificates produced from wind generation that can be delivered to the Duke Energy Carolinas transmission system. The company will also accept bids for the renewable energy certificates, without the associated energy, from qualifying wind generation facilities located within North Carolina. The company ...
By Duke Energy
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Energy Efficiency 2009 Ukraine
National Agency of Ukraine for the effective use of energy resources (NAER) and Specialized exhibition center «EXPODONBASS» are kindly inviting you to participate in the all-Ukrainian specialized trade fair for energy effective and energy saving equipment, technologies and materials «ENERGY EFFICIENCY 2009». The trade fair is supported by: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Donetsk Regional State ...
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ANDRITZ receives important order for a new pumped storage plant in Portugal
ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, a member of international technology group ANDRITZ, has been contracted by the Spanish energy utility IBERDROLA GENERACIÓN to supply the electro-mechanical equipment and the penstock for the new pumped storage hydropower plant Gouvães in Portugal. The total contract value for ANDRITZ amounts to about 140 million euros. The scope of delivery comprises design, ...
By Andritz AG
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State Energy Profiles enhanced and renewables sections added
As with national trends, the energy sectors in each state continue to experience rapid changes, including increased oil and natural gas production, new renewable electricity generation, and changing motor gasoline prices. With these and other energy trends in mind, the U.S. Energy Information Administration updated its State Energy Profiles, which are available through EIA's State Energy Portal. ...
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Eaton helps California’s Central Valley Project Meet Peak Water Demands
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced a $2.2 million United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) contract to replace critical electrical components at the Trinity, Judge Francis Carr and Spring Creek hydroelectric power plants in Shasta County, Calif. The three hydroelectric facilities are responsible for generating and transferring electricity when the ...
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Eaton Leads Electrical Modernization at Green Mountain Power Hydroelectric Facility in Vermont
Power management company Eaton today announced it is helping Green Mountain Power (GMP) modernize, upgrade and automate the electrical system at its Proctor, Vermont hydroelectric plant. Under the contract, Eaton will update the plant’s power and control systems – allowing GMP to reduce costs, enhance reliability and manage the facility remotely. The project supports Green Mountain ...
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One of North Carolina`s Largest Solar Farms Debuts in Kings Mountain
A total of 22,000 new solar panels in Cleveland County, N.C., today are pointed at the sun, generating enough power for 616 average-sized homes in the region. The facility, named Kings Mountain Solar, was developed by Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar. It joins a growing list of projects in North Carolina, and is one of the largest in the state. Under a 20-year contract, Duke Energy Carolinas ...
By Duke Energy
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New York Power Authority Implements Continuous Protection System Monitoring on its Statewide Transmission System
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has begun implementing continuous protection system monitoring to survey the equipment health of transformers and protective relays at its switchyards and substations throughout the state. As a program under NYPA’s Smart Generation and Transmission strategic initiative, implementation of the system marks a significant step forward in delivering on NYPA’s ...
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